The circumstances of the shooting of a teenager in Elizabeth Tuesday night are under investigation by the Union County Homicide Task Force.
According to authorities, shortly before 9:45 Tuesday evening, members of the Elizabeth Police Department responded to an apartment on the 800 block of Monroe Avenue, where they found the 16-year-old victim in the basement.
The shooting victim was transported to University Hospital in Newark for emergency treatment, and remains lodged there in critical condition.
Anyone with information about this matter is being urged to contact Task Force Sgt. Jose Vendas at 908-358-3048 or Detective William Guy at 908-347-2212.